BILL ANALYSIS �
AB 1990
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1990 (Gordon)
As Amended August 19, 2014
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |73-1 |(May 27, 2014) |SENATE: |26-8 |(August 21, |
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Original Committee Reference: AGRI.
SUMMARY : Creates definitions for "community food producer"
(CFP), as specified, in order to establish a CFP as an "approved
[food] source" to sell or provide specified food products
directly to the public and other specified users; and, provides
for enforcement and due process procedures.
The Senate amendments require CFPs to meet requirements of local
adopted ordinances; require CFPs follow the best management
practices, as described by the California Department of Food and
Agriculture, regarding small farm food safety guidelines on safe
production, processing, and handling of both non-potentially
hazardous and potentially hazardous foods; limit egg production
to 15 dozen eggs per month; add provisions to prevent chaptering
out; and, make technical non-substantive change.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : According to the author, this bill attempts to
resolve the uncertainty by local agencies regarding the direct
sale of food products from various types of garden properties,
without the expressed authorization of their local health
enforcement agency, and to provide statewide guidance for
oversight for the wide range and scope of such operations. This
bill does provide definitions to identify CFPs and their
properties as an approved source of food, and authorizes the
sale of their products to the public. It also provides for
Public Health Enforcement Officers to act upon an occurrence of
a food safety incident.
This bill would provide a statewide approach in providing
oversight of CFPs, while reducing the demands on local
governments to adopt individual ordinances. Some local
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jurisdictions have adopted ordinances in order to establish
requirements over the selling of CFPs.
Conventional and organic farms have many requirements on them in
order to produce food for the public, as do egg producers. They
are restricted in how they use pesticides and fertilizers, and
reporting requirements. They cannot use these products except
in accordance with label instructions, some of which have
re-entry restrictions or waiting periods before harvest. The
only oversight a CFP would have is in response to a food safety
recall or complaint. This bill creates a new standard for food
safety requirements than what currently exists.
Please see policy committee analysis for a more detailed
analysis.
Analysis Prepared by : Jim Collin / AGRI. / (916) 319-2084
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